Start prospect research with a Slack reaction
Give a promising company mention a simple next step without creating another reminder to yourself.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Create Lead Finder Search
Tool to create a new Lead Finder search to discover leads based on company and people criteria. Use when you need to find prospects matching specific job titles, departments, seniority, company size, industry, or technology stack.
Why this helps
Research-worthy suggestions are easy to agree with in Slack and easy to forget when the conversation moves on.
- Turn an intentional reaction into a search handoff.
- Keep the search based on the message that earned the team's attention.
- Avoid leaving approved research as an untracked mental note.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Bettercontact to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation through the portal or by asking Notis in plain language.
- 3Tell Notis in one instruction to search Bettercontact when the chosen reaction is added to a message identifying a company or audience.
- 4Select Slack Message Reaction Added and choose a report channel.
- 5Test by reacting to one real company or audience message and inspect the search.
Questions about this workflow
Can the reaction trigger be narrowed?
The trigger supports optional channel and emoji name filters.
What does the automation search?
State the company or audience context you want Notis to interpret from the reacted-to message.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Bettercontact. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Bettercontact actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Check Credits Balance
Tool to check the remaining credits balance for a BetterContact account. Use when you need to verify available credits before making API requests that consume credits.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Lead Finder Search
Tool to create a new Lead Finder search to discover leads based on company and people criteria. Use when you need to find prospects matching specific job titles, departments, seniority, company size, industry, or technology stack.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Enrich Leads
Tool to create a lead enrichment request for work emails and direct phone numbers. Uses waterfall enrichment across multiple data providers for higher accuracy. Supports batches of 1-100 leads.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Enrichment Results
Tool to retrieve enrichment results for a specific request ID. Use when you need to check the status and get enriched lead data including email addresses, contact information, and summary statistics for a submitted enrichment request.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Get Lead Finder Results
Tool to retrieve results from a submitted Lead Finder search. Returns comprehensive lead and company data including contact information, LinkedIn profiles, job titles, company details, and enrichment data.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Bettercontact, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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